Canterbury Surf

Detailed Canterbury surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Canterbury. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Canterbury. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Canterbury over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Canterbury and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Canterbury Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Canterbury Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Canterbury coastline are also listed below.

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	Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sun
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury
Rating	0	1	2	0	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	0	2	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 ENE	1.2 S	1.0 SSW	0.3 E	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 E	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 ENE	0.5 S	0.8 ENE	1.6 NE	1.7 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.7 ENE
Period(s) (?)	9	8	8	8	13	13	13	12	6	10	9	7	8	4	6	8	7	7	8	9	10	12
Energy(?)	54	282	174	24	360	508	470	360	40	166	150	149	76	79	276	360	118	51	67	125	162	1434
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:29AM 1.77		11:10PM 1.73	11:20AM 2.14		11:18PM 1.62	11:23AM 1.55		12:13AM 1.62	12:34PM 1.54		1:38AM 1.73		1:10PM 1.56	1:38AM 1.68		1:55PM 1.60	2:22AM 1.73		2:51PM 1.62	3:18AM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)		4:54PM 0.33		5:04AM 0.73	5:42PM 0.39		5:07AM 0.52	5:46PM 0.46		6:19AM 0.52	6:35PM 0.47	7:09PM 0.48	7:50AM 0.51		7:06PM 0.47	7:57AM 0.50		7:52PM 0.43	8:42AM 0.46		8:52PM 0.36	9:25AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	14	17	16	15	17	19	18	20	18	16	21	21	19	21	26	16	16	17	15	14
Low °C	13	13	12	14	16	15	16	18	17	19	17	16	18	21	17	19	24	12	14	16	14	13
Chill °C (?)	14	12	14	17	16	14	17	19	18	20	18	16	21	21	19	21	26	14	16	16	14	13
Sunrise	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:46
Sunset	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	1.2 S	1.0 SSW	0.4 E	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 E	0.8 SSW	0.9 NE	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.2 SSE	0.4 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.7 ENE
Period (s)	9	8	8	4	13	13	13	12	6	10	7	9	8	11	9	9	9	7	8	9	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.7 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 E	0.4 NE	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.5 ENE	0.7 S	0.3 ESE	0.3 S	0.3 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.5 SE	0.1 S	0.4 SE	1.4 SE
Period (s)	14	10	9	8	4	8	8	5	12	7	9	11	10	11	12	12	14	13	6	16	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	-	0.4 NE	-	-	0.5 NE	0.8 NE	-	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.6 NE	1.7 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.6 SE	1.0 SSE	2.3 SSW
Period (s)	5	-	3	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	7	4	4	6	8	7	4	3	5	6	7

	Sunday 08							Monday 09								Tuesday 10
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	0	1	1	0	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	0	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 ESE	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 E	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 S	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	10	9	10	5	8	7	8	9	12	12	13	8	12	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	197	35	54	46	42	246	207	174	209	287	281	298	56	510	565	508	626	527	446	410	360	300
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				10:30AM 2.18				10:22PM 1.64				11:22AM 1.70				11:18PM 1.62				11:40AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)		4:29AM 0.34				4:05PM 0.37				4:33AM 0.45				4:36PM 0.45				5:07AM 0.52				5:46PM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	14	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	14	14	15	17	16	14	15	15	15	16	17	19	18
Chill °C (?)	14	12	12	13	11	12	11	12	12	14	14	15	16	16	13	14	14	14	15	17	19	18
Sunrise	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:44
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 NE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.2 SSE	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 S	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	9	10	9	8	7	8	9	12	12	13	13	12	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.2 E	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.1 S	0.7 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.6 S	0.3 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	13	6	14	15	14	10	9	9	9	9	4	4	13	13	8	8	8	15	8	5	5	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.4 SE	0.6 ESE	-	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	0.5 ENE	0.8 NE	0.9 NE	-	-
Period (s)	2	3	5	5	5	-	2	3	3	4	4	4	8	8	3	3	4	4	4	5	-	-

	Sunday 08
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	1	0	1	1	0	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	0	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.4 S	1.4 S	0.7 NE	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.3 ENE	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	10	10	5	6	10	6	6	6	6	9	7	7	8	7	7	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	175	25	25	24	35	186	189	269	275	268	203	217	41	280	280	281	262	244	246	203	179	183
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									9:50AM 1.66													10:22PM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)				4:11AM 0.63											3:45PM 0.39	4:05PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	14	14	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	15	13	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	12	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	10	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 NE	0.4 SSW	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	10	10	13	10	10	10	10	10	9	7	7	8	7	7	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.4 NE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	13	4	4	4	6	6	10	13	13	13	13	13	14	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NNE	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 W	0.6 SSW	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.6 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	4	2	2	2	3	5	6	5	6	6	6	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2